The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread - a guide to help every musician

[Linus27]

On 11/03/2025 at 08:20, dave_bass5 said:

No problem, and good luck.  Might take a a while to adjust to them and find the right pair (i couldn’t get on at all with the KZ stuff), but once you do it’s like a lightbulb moment. 

 

Just an update from me. Tried out the Behringer P2 and the KZ ZS10 Pro headphones tonight at a local gig and they worked an absolute treat. I didn't mess around with the mix but just settled with the FOH mix so not perfect for what my preference would be but good enough that I played a bunch of songs no problem. I miss the ambient sound from on stage and the raw energy of a live stage sound but I also liked the clarity and quietness of wearing the headphones. Overall, a great success and not a bad £70 spent on a basic setup. The headphones were really comfortable out of the box as well which I wasn't expecting.

 

[mcnach]

Has anybody tried one of those little lavalier mics, so that one can use it to hear other people -but with the ability to switch it on/off at will-? 

[warwickhunt]

47 minutes ago, mcnach said:

Has anybody tried one of those little lavalier mics, so that one can use it to hear other people -but with the ability to switch it on/off at will-? 

 

You can buy a footswitch that when depressed cuts the vocal mic to FOH but can still transmit to all/any IE.  Not sure what you call them but our band leader had one; he could step on the switch mid song and let us know if we were going to change next song etc.

[EBS_freak]

6 hours ago, warwickhunt said:

 

You can buy a footswitch that when depressed cuts the vocal mic to FOH but can still transmit to all/any IE.  Not sure what you call them but our band leader had one; he could step on the switch mid song and let us know if we were going to change next song etc.

Talkback mic/MD mic/God mic

 

Switch is usually a A B switch to 2 channels on the desk, (1 to front of house, 2nd to aux feeds only) or a MIDI switch which effectively kills foh but being pre fader allows the signal to still pass to the auxes.

 

2 channels is nice as it allows you to have 2 different levels for when the MD is singing vs louder for instruction.